Re:First Jobs

Posted by ROCKSTAR! on 3/19/2009 at 1:24 AM

My first experience was volunteering at a community recreation center monitoring kids and running the center. A lot of the kids were fosters and or there parents worked long hours so they didn't have much supervision at home. It was rewarding.

My first paid job was at my college, but I wasn't hired by the college directly; it was a federally funded grant program that was on my college campus. I was a mentor in there program, and got paid a good $8.75 an hour. It was also very rewarding, and an insite to counseling and listening to people's problems.

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Re:First Jobs

Posted by savvysoulfulmimi on 3/14/2009 at 1:50 AM

I've been volunteering since I was a kid, wrapping gifts for the less-fortunate children, making food baskets, things like that. Now I am in charge of a youth group for a nonprofit organization and I love it.
My first and only job was a secretarial job at the American Red Cross. It was fun but I wasn't hired by them directly. I was hired by a youth program in my hometown.